COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA - 'Taxi War Dance' - 1943 78rpm

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
19,848
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Aug 23, 2010

William Basie's ode for when cabbies have too much time on their hands (maybe)

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (12)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • @kmc56 Lots of records like this where they kept the chord progression and wrote a new melody; Be Bop's "Groovin' High" is really a 1922 song called "Whispering."

    Duke Ellington's "Sweet Mama" is "When You're Smilin;" Ellington also used "Tiger Rag" a lot; "Daybreak Express" would be an example of this.

  • can someone tell me what the band is on this record?

  • Taxi War Dance was a dance marathon - source; Geo. Simon.

  • Kansas city jazz

  • It is written over "Willow Weep for Me."

  • And this was recorded in 1939.

  • It actually was a dance that had the taxis backed up.

  • Lester Young(Prez)quotes a little of "Ol' Man River" at the beginning of his solo....

  • Vintage Basie! Great stuff!

  • Very cool!

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more